If it's a Yes/No question, then yes. I read the OP half an hour after it was posted, and have been typing this post since, so this took me exactly 4 hours.
It doesn't have technical errors or changes of content. It's the Bible translators that do most of the errors, and many who read the Bible would need more aids. The Bible is a book of facts and simply a bit more complex than Your average book. That doesn't mean it's impossible to read or anything like that.
I'll develop my point so that You can see what I mean.
For example ESV should not be used for preaching, among other reasons because of:
Proof that the ESV, NIV, NASB are "Catholic bibles" - Page 12 - Christian Forums
Mt was written early, before almost any other books of the NT, only books such as
James and Galatians were earlier:
In-depth study - Page 2 - Christian Forums
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2 Peter is not a forgery.[...] all I'm saying is that the apostles testified to 2 Peter.
So God has designed a reason for the association! The process how the Bible came to be, is divine, and clearly referenced:
The Bible is not invented by humans, it's divine.
Can the Bible be trusted?
We have historical record that ANY other writings than those of Paul, had to be written by an apostle of the
Messiah (i.e. those which are recorded in the Gospels to have believed in Jesus)
, it's this:
"Paul made sure that his ministry to the gentiles was recognised by, Peter (Gal 1:18)."
Source
Gal 1:18-19 (1970 NEB second edition) Three years later I did go upp to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas. I stayed with him for a forthnight, without seeing any other of the apostles, except* James the Lord's brother.
Gal 1:20 (combined from JB (just, literal truth) and 1971 GNB 3rd edition): What I just wrote is the literal truth. I am not lying, so help me God!
*
Or but only
Since we have been able to later on proove that some books in the Pauline corpus were not written by Paul, eg. the Pastorals and 2 Thess, those are ruled out from the Canon. The same principle rules out 2-3 Jn and Revelation.
Galatians was written in a haste, and is therefore not to be used theologically other than for containing the historical record of establishment of the Canon of Scripture.
By that I mean,it was translated by men,composed by men;
That experience revived and strenghtened the apostle John's memory, so that he
We can use also 2 Esdras (f.e. 7:45-48 (
1989 REB): I replied: 'My lord, repeat what I said before: "How blest are the living who obey your decrees!" But as for those for whom I have been praying, has there ever lived a man who has not sinned, who has never transgressed your covenant? I see now that only to the few will the next world bring joy, while to the many it will bring torment. For an evil heart has grown strong in us; it has estranged us from God's decrees, brought us into corruption and the paths of deats, opened up to us the way of ruin, and carried us far away from life. This it has done, not merely to a few, but to almost alla who have been created.') + 2 Esdras correctly tells how many continents there are in the world, really long before it was humanly possible to know, so that's another proof it's divine.
And we can use the epistle of Clement of Rome to the Corinthians:
Well, do You regard Peter highly enough? To include Acts is ridiculous - we don't even know who wrote, it's not apostolic - that is clear from the recemblance to Greek tales, rather the epistle written by Clement of Rome should be included:
Should Christians,use non-canonical books? - Christian Forums
... post #1 and #2
An excerpt from a reference book (I don't know the title, but it's a major reference work mid-thick book) about popes explains post #2: p17: "Clement I (c. 91-c. 101). There is a tradition that he was ordained by St Peter and acted as a kind of auxiliary bishop to Linus and Anacletus. [...]Clements personal prestige in the early Church[...]."
From 2005 Christianity, the Complete Guide, editor John Bowden, Continuum: p.888 "A letter bearing his name deals with disputes in the church of Corinth. This is the first instance of the church of Rome intervening in the affairs of another church." /Maurice Wiles, Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus, University of Oxford p.246: "Clement and Ignatius are the two figures who have elicited the most interest and exercised the greatest influence in the course of the church's history. Clement's name appears as second or third bishop of Rome after Peter in later succession lists. That he was a leader in the church of Rome at the end of first century is not in doubt. Whether there was at that time a 'bishop' of Rome, as the office was later understood, is open to question, and Clement is probably better seen as simply the senior presbyter. His letter is a suistained argument for an ordered ministry as standing
in a tradition of apostolic appointment. [...] /John Nilson, Associate Professor of Theology, Loyola University Chicago, IL
The most important things to preach, ... are:
* Messianic profesies, such as ...
Is 7:14 (JB): The Lord himself, therefore, will give a sign. It is this: the maiden is with child and will soon give birth to a son whom she will call Immanuel. ... And 2 Esdras 7:28a, 29a: My son the Messiah will appear with his companions. ... At the end of that time my son the Messiah will die, (Interpretation of 7:28b: 400 years actually means 4 years!)
* ... and the Resurrection, have a look at:
New Research from E.N.E.A. on the Shroud of Turin - Christian Forums
and:
New Research from E.N.E.A. on the Shroud of Turin - Christian Forums
Many have fallen off faith after the carbon dating in 1988. Well, this picture from an 1191 Hungarian pray manuscript, depicts the shroud, the L-shaped burn-holes drawn in the pray manuscript match the older burn-holes of the Shroud. That gives us two conclusions: the shroud was in danger to burn TWICE and the adds to all the other proof for that the carbon dating in 1988 wasn't correct.
...drawn in the lower right quarter of this image. The pattern depicts a weave identical to the weave of the Shroud.
Still more people think the shroud of Turin is a painting, often they refer to Walter McCrone's investigations, read however my post in another thread:
http://www.christianforums.com/t7599948-post59559879/#post59559879
The side-strip of the burrial shroud was used to secure the body inside the shroud, according to John Jackson, STURP.
What happened in the tomb early sunday morning? Mary goes to the tomb. She sees the body gone. She runs to Peter and John and says that someone must have stolen the body. Peter and John run to the tomb. John arrives first. Why do they suddenly give a different testimony than Mary?
The explanation should be the strip:
Strips of linen still bound outside the cloth - something extraordinary must have happened.
How many Deuterocanonicals we get, depends on which Bible version we choose, read this entire review, I agree with it:
Amazon.com: Fr. Robert F. Lyons "Priest / Sci-Fi Buff"'s review of Revised English Bible With Apocrypha (Bibl...
Not all the Deuterocanonicals should be preached or relied upon. From the ones that the Catholic Church uses (1970 NAB/2010 NAB-RE selection): Tobit, Sirach
I want to mention that books such as 1 Samuel, Jeremiah, Wisdom, Galatians, and Acts are harmful for building a theology!
Different theology: if you build a theology on (one way of reading) Romans and Galatians you have trouble fitting Colossians and Ephesians into that. But if you start with Colossians and Ephesians then that problem vanishes. This suggests the problem is in the way Romans and Galatians have been read, not inconstancies between the epistles.
Mt 11:27 should definately not be preached anywhere. I have a really solid commentary on it: Hermeneia-series Matthew 8-20, by Ulrich Luz, a 600-page volume, and it tells us that Mt 11:27 was added by the church. I'll get back to this after the weekend, I'm in the very middle of scanning in those pages from that book, and I'll post that here as images.
On page 164:
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There are misunderstandings of what Paul wrote about Faith and works
non-canonical books,could they be used in a sermon from a pulpit?
Are we to say the Bible is complete,Genesis to Revelation?
Can non-canonical books be used in sermons and relied upon?
How I determine which Bible version to use
Most books of the NT and about half of the books of the OT (by that I mean including the deuterocanonicals).
Here's a list for the whole Bible, which books IMO should not be preached:
Best Catholic Books? - Page 2 - Christian Forums
I don't read Joshua nor 2 Samuel, so that's not a problem.
For example,The Book of Jasher is referred to in Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18.
Previously edited by Unix; 8th January 2012 at 10:15 AM. Reason: add about Resurrection, I was to put that there in the first place but it slipped my mind
